How lg c9 fares compared to sony a8g? I do not game much so hdmi2.1 is irrelevant for me. Thanks. I had seen Sony a9g in a showroom and it had depth in the picture ( 3d depth) but is very expensive. How much different sony a8g is from a9g in PQ.
OLED TV's price/best quote thread
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Well all the tv you mentioned above are using LGs OLED panel.So more or less all will look the same 90% of time. If you don't care about 2.1 then sony A8G will be a better buy.It provides slightly better PQ than C9.
Between A8G and A9G the key difference is the processor.The A9G is using X1 ultimate processor whereas A8G is using X1 extreme.In reality both should perform similar unless you are putting them side by side and look for differences.
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The same exact panel. C9 is better in some areas of PQ, like peak brightness and even accuracy OOTB, which might vary from sample to sample though, and A9G is better slightly in some others, such as motion. Dolby Vision is also better on C9 btw. Overall, A9G not worth the extra money IMO.
Love4sound was in a similar dilemma. You can search and go back to thread where he was deciding and read that chain, or just ask him. Lol
Love4sound
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Yeah Now I feel A8 is a joke. C9 all the way and the best VFM Oled tv and this comes from a Sony fan boy. If not for this forum and mainly marak who helped me understand about Oled I would have ended up buying the A8. Look at the thread below and patiently read all my comments which will really help you choose between A8 and c9
Sony 8G vs LG C9
I am a Sony fan boy and my current and past Tv’s are both Sony. When I go to show room I don’t even audition other brands and only look at Sony Tv’s. But I have noticed most Fm’s have gone for the LG C9 over the Sony. Croma gave a quote of 1.7L for the Sony 8G and 1.3L for the C9. Checked side...
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Was in the same predicament. If you're on a strict budget, the C9 is better, especially if your usage is restricted to OTT content.
I got the A8G as it was better for my usage: motion, upscaling and out of the box colours. I extensively demoed both and found the PQ to be better on the Sony.
Try going to the showroom and checking them side by side, watch the content you usually would at home. You'll know the TV you want.
A9 is amazing, but has a huge difference in price compared to the C9 (70-80k).
So Finally today I bought B9 for 178K.
Tried a lot to bargain but couldn't get it below 178k. Actually the other store guy which told me 175k on 30th sept now today told 190k. he gave 5% duty tax the reason for this price hike. I didn't take tv from his store. So went to a different store and took it for 178k. Hope I got a good price. But Again I tried a lot hard to negotiate wasn't able to get below 178k. Delivery and Installation will be done tomorrow morning.
So guys what are all those checkups you recommend me to do after getting the box to switching ON the oled for the first time ?
Thanks.
Congrats! Welcome to the club.
What's the price difference between B9 and C9? If it's only 10-12k, I highly recommend upgrading to C9. Better peak brightness, better color accuracy, faster software fixes and most importantly, lower artifacts and faster stabilization of artifacts when they do happen.
Now you'll see many happily using B9, especially on international forums, but you gotta ask yourself, are they using motion interpolation? Many don't. So they don't have any issue.
This motion artifacting is not something you'll find in many reviews. I didn't either. Now I'm telling you it's not good in B series at times. There's a whole post on LG Community about it. That's how I know.
10-12k extra split over the next 4 years of usage at least...it's only 2.5-3k per annum for a substantially better TV overall.
shaiju_o_thomas
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Congratulations! good choice. Now that you’ve bought the TV don’t think about the spend.
For non-HDR just use the ifs bright room settings, adjust OLED light suitable to your eyes and that’s about it.
Try keeping OLED between 60-70 for first 50 hours if you can.
Have a good time with your OLED.
Thanks for the suggestion. Really appreciated. Actually I was looking for C9 only but it's currently out of stock (also out of my budget) from almost everywhere and I don't think it will come back as some store guys were telling that it's discontinued ; although I was getting a last display piece of c9 in RD for 170K (without negotiation) but didn't want it to buy it as we didn't want to invest that much of money on a display TV which was there since 4.5 months as according to the RD demo guy, the display piece was there since May. Fresh stocks of c9 was available in the store from where I bought b9 but the sales guy was quoting a price of 2.25L with free offer TV... so I assume it would come down to 2L without the free TV... Also , my budget was 150k and we were adamant to go for Sony x95G/x90H but x95G 65" was not available anywhere and X90H didn't look as pleasing as oled and is also not as good as x95g at the same price so we thought to extend our budget and go for an oled . So I have barely increased my budget by 30000 rupees. ~2L for c9 will be impossible for me to spend . Actually I am not a hard-core content viewer or a gamer (actually it's zero gaming, only YouTube, pendrive movies and DTH), so the content quality we tested today on b9 was more than enough for us ( coming from 2011 Sony LED FHD TV. ) Hope I made a good decision.
Thanks!
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Thanks for your suggestions brother. Really appreciated. Will keep this in mind.
harryneopotter
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Yup, you bought an excellent TV. Enjoy it for the next few years
No worries. The artifacting will present itself in limited scenes only. It'll still be better than the same scene in let's say budget FALD set. Try if you can get used to the motion without Trumotion. If it works, moot point. It's going to be huge a upgrade over your current TV. Make the back wall dark if you can. Then at night, your TV will just seem to float in darkness in night viewing.
Love4sound
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Welcome to the oled family. Great that it’s growing hahahah. Check packing and see if there is any tampering. Next see if the tv has film both at front and back. The bottom end of the front screen guard will have pink peel offs and it should be at bottom corners period. Next check the usage hours. Next for panel just check if there is any dead pixel. Test slide available in you tube. For screen uniformity check the thread Oled uniformity. Use the Settings and play the scenes suggested by marakk.
iambatman28
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I'll get CX this Diwali. Just one question I wanna ask is how long I can expect it to last. I really don't upgrade TV very frequently. My current one is a 7 year old 1080p TV. So if the OLED can last as long that'll be great. My usage is very varied with mostly Netflix and prime content along with different video games so burn in probably won't be a big issue.
Dont prematurely leave out the sony A8 if your gaming is less than say 25%. Sonys generally last longer.
It is very hard to say, it involves a lot of luck and disciplined watching because OLEDs are still prone to have BI's, uniformity issues, loosing of pixels despite newer OLEDs are highly resistive. One needs to baby the TV by not playing static content or going too bright. OLED TVs are very hard to ignore, whenever I go to any TV store it is the OLED TV that impresses me than any other, but don't get carried away by my words I love OLEDs as much as I hate them for BI issues.
It's a risky purchase but you might get away with an OLED by using it carefully, because even LCD TVs degrade over time. With OLED there is always a risk, LED-LCDs/Plasmas are proven, I still have a 11 year old 1080p Akai with LG display inside which is midly degraded but very much watchable. But every time you watch an OLED you will have a very rich viewing experience with amazingly superior wide viewing angle. I am very sorry, if I am confusing you further.
As far as I know you might get an OLED to work for 7 years provided if you follow certain parameters and maintenance cycles and the rest is luck. Currently or in the near future there is nothing in the mainstream TV market that can beat an OLED.
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Its all luck how long it lasts.I have friends with C6 & C7 who have clocked over 7000 hours and no problems. One with C6 has a non noticeable burn in. But things have changed with C8 onwards and bit more every year. Burn-in mitigation algos have been improved. Like C6 didn’t have some features. I have an year old C8 but less than 1000hrs . So you should be good with CX.
iambatman28
Active Member
Thanks for the input.
Like I said TV viewing is very varied in my home so burn in shouldn't be a huge issue. Gaming is a big use case but I normally play SP games which are 200 hours at max.
I'm willing to take care of the TV, that's not an issue. It's just that since it's a pretty expensive purchase, I want it to last 5-6 years at least.
I have been doing with a 1080p TV and since I started earning I want to upgrade my TV. Currently, I watch movies on my S10 since I really love the oled display.
gauravkhanna1
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Last many posts don't have any relation to OLED pricing. Moderators may please clean this thread. Members may create a new OLED technical thread to discuss PQ etc. Pls post only OLED pricing information in this thread.
iambatman28
Active Member
Oh sorry for the OT.
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